The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-27

]. Coxpir SMITH has explained No
mystery Of his being shot In New York \
city two months ago. He confesses that \
he ala the deed himself, with intent 70 |
pref udicca rival in tho affections q
lady.
prvr7aorsAxp- DOLLAR express pack
age. recently stolen ~ Ottawa Ont, has
been recovered from its PLACE Of conceal
msnt In slumber-pile; conttnts intact
JUpos CooLKy has written long letter
defining tho powers OF tho Interstate
Commerce Commission, with special ret-
erence 70 the fourth section and 10 sus-
pens non.
FoRnAL com plant against the Mis- .curi
Pacific railroad has been dled by t.As A.
sociated Wholesale 0rocers Of So Louie
before the Interstate Comm srcs Com
miss ion
BERLIN views On tho ~ >acA Cab!pet
crisis. conciscly stated. ar ii. 4, Rouianepr
4 bound TO remain - rOrSssrr az " A. IN
any event, and that c~-ss>nt Frepch
preparations for wa, uuse end in war.
JOHN = uAuLf' foprcscn>inR the Queen
= Crescent I'M - had hearing before
the Interstate Cenmercs Commission on
inc 18TH, nls object being to secure the
law
Two Aemosrs OF the nlinoA Senate en-
eageu- IN . plucky, old-fashion "knock-
~" n argsmenr' during tho session on
" . 18th One o. the pugilistic law fran
~ got corker il the eye.
4 PIKE At New Haven, Conn, on the
18th. IN the White building. which occO
pies - entire block in Centre street.
caused loss OF e,Aon, principally by
water.
II Is denied from St. Petersburg that
the Afghan boundary settlement has
failed.
n QUEEN VICTORIA will review So.co0 poor
sch DOL child rem ct Hyde Park June -
Each child il to be presented with mug
com memerating the Queens juoilee.
Mn TRorrER, the recorder Of deeds for
the District Of Columbia. who has been
seriously i'll for some months, has 90 far
recovered as to Be- out, and will Be in his
ONCE IN few days.
| rRRRrrIc explosion OF nitro-glycerine
: occurred on the 18th 1t spirit Lake, eight
miIes from Duluth, Mimi Eighty-three
hundred pounds Of the explosive was
stored in = wooden building 80 by 30 feet.
Where this stood il now hole 100 BY 90
fesk. and Is to 20 feet deep. Two tramps
are missing and woman was severely
injured.
i DIRECTOR GRrsBKx. Of Stetlin, who was
arrested in Chicago and extradited for
| forging bills Of exchange, committed
suicide BY hanging on board the steamer
Allen before the arrival Of the vessel st
Bremenhaven.
4 JoHx DAVIS 6oxs, the famous iron
masters Of Stahordshire and Yorkshire,
England, have failed. Their liabilities
are $4,000 and IL is thought their assets
will realize very nearly that sum-
THE Russian police have discovered q
Nhilist plot At Nova Tcherkask, the
capital Of the country OF the Don Cos
sacks. Thirty persons implicated In the
cons piracy were arres ted
AT q meeting Of the Eighty Club in Lon
,, | dom. on the 18th, TO determine the attitude
Of the club toward Gladstone's Irish poll
| cy, 1s3 members voted for approval Of
home rule and against coercion, and fifty
five in favor OF coercion and against home
rule
AssETAxT SECRETARY MAYNARD has de-
cided that two emigrants VINO arrived 81
New York with . memorandum, Stain {
, that they had been employed BY . Eu-
ropean labor bureau for st. Louis labor
: agency. are not entitled to entry, - the
. notice indicates that Q contract for labor e
be performed in the United States was
! signed before their departure from
| Europe.
SECRETARY MANNING did not overesti-
mate the revenue Of lss6-S7 when he put
, | it at $3.50 100000 It will 60 some millions
higher, and will probably touch the round
figure Of f365 O00, O00-a million dollars for
every day in the year. This sum will pay
| the accruing interest Of the National
1 debt, the immense appropriation for pen
sions, and all the expenditures Of the
: country, and still leave, beside the sink
= ing fund. 100000. Ooo surplus.